Pluralistic: Matt Bors's "Justice Warriors: Vote Harder" (11 Sep 2024)

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Matt Bors's "Justice Warriors: Vote Harder": Mr Gotcha For President!
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Pluralistic: 05 Jun 2022

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The Big Box of Sparkly Unicorn Magic: If Hobbes was a snarky unicorn and Calvin was an awesome little girl.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
This day in history: 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021
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Pluralistic: 16 Apr 2022

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Ryan North's 'How to Take Over the World': Popular science as a series of supervillainous thought-experiments.
This day in history: 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021
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Pluralistic: 11 May 2021

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Cyclopedia Exotica: Aminder Dhaliwal's cryptid history of our one-eyed cousins.
Let's eat all the cicadas: Harnessing the paperclip machine for good?
This day in history: 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 14 Dec 2020

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Situation Normal: The long-overdue second Leonard Richardson novel
China's best investigative stories of 2020: A glimpse into some very brave and dedicated reporters' work.
Where money comes from: And what tax is for.
Raising money for Chelsea Manning: The whistleblower and torture survivor needs our help.
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town part 26: My last podcast of 2020.
This day in history: 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 22 Nov 2020

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An Especially Cursed House: Kate Wagner and the Fall of the House of Colt's Neck.
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
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Pluralistic: 22 Jun 2020

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The Case for a Job Guarantee: Pavlina Tcherneva's urgent pamphlet, in the midst of the employment crisis of the century.
The real cyberwar is Goliath, slaughtering an army of Davids: It's asymmetric, but the asymmetry goes the other way
Coders as RPG classes: Product managers are bards.
Podcast: Someone Comes to Town Pt 7: The Father's Day episode.
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Pluralistic: 15 Mar 2020

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HRDAG analyzes the best covid-19 studies: Ninja statisticians FTW.
Chelsea Manning's supporters pay off her $256,000 fine in a day: She had our back so we have hers.
The Onion is there for us: Doing for pandemic what they did for 9/11.
The CIA's information security is really terrible: Root password was "123ABCdef".
Euroleaks: exposing the secret workings of the Eurogroup: Where they decided to strangle Greece.
Things to do with kids during lockdowns: A crowdsourced list.
Covered Dish: A site for stories of mutual aid during a crisis.
How to pull your business out of China: A guide for the anxious.
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